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Multiple shooters and 5 people shot at Virginia State University (HBCU)
AP ^ | 08/15/2026 | Patrick Whittle

Posted on 08/15/2026 6:29:34 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

A shooting involving multiple suspects and five people shot at Virginia State University prompted a campus lockdown early Saturday.

The shooting happened near the university’s Quad Annexes, and both campus police and Chesterfield County police are actively investigating. County police said officers discovered five people suffering from gunshot wounds outside campus dormitories when they arrived.

The five victims were transported to hospitals, and one initially listed as having life-threatening injuries has been upgraded to critical condition, county police said. The other victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

The university said in a statement that the shooting involves “multiple suspects.” The statement asked people to avoid the immediate area.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hbcu; racism; racist; virginiastate; vsu

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Virginia State University is a historically Black university located in Ettrick, Virginia, about 24 miles south of the state capital of Richmond. The public university has about 5,700 students and was the first fully state-supported four-year college for Black Americans. Most of its students are undergraduates.
1 posted on 08/15/2026 6:29:34 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

but it’s a Gun Free Zone


2 posted on 08/15/2026 6:33:31 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: butlerweave

Maybe they thought that meant “Weapons free”.


3 posted on 08/15/2026 6:39:53 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, the Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: Responsibility2nd

VSU is just across the Appomattox River from Petersburg, VA ...where I-95 and I-85 intersect. Lots of problems in that city that spill over into the surrounding area.


4 posted on 08/15/2026 6:41:46 AM PDT by Ozymandias Ghost
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To: Responsibility2nd

Well, I blame White Supremacy.


5 posted on 08/15/2026 6:52:02 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell warned us about Rivers of Blood. Well, I sure hope they're coming. It's the only fix.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

VSU: It holds the distinction of being America’s first fully state-supported four-year institution of higher learning for Black Americans.

“fully state-supported”

Sounds a lot like welfare.


6 posted on 08/15/2026 6:54:47 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

MAGA right wing Klan types? Although there are some fine folks..... 🤔


7 posted on 08/15/2026 6:56:37 AM PDT by rktman (Patriotism not 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Well sure it is.

Take the 3 minutes to watch this and listen to the lyrics closely.

It shows the absolute absurdity of black culture.

https://youtu.be/EZNFo5lL4iw?is=0mPF5FqQ-jPbKtMU


8 posted on 08/15/2026 7:00:47 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Well, we know they weren’t white guys...
It wasn’t in the headline.


9 posted on 08/15/2026 7:02:48 AM PDT by 13Sisters76 ("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Latest from 30 minutes ago...

https://abcnews.com/US/5-injured-shooting-virginia-state-university-arrests-made/story?id=135669705&cid=social_twitter_abcn

5 shot, one of those critical, lockdown lifted, no arrests announced.


10 posted on 08/15/2026 7:06:30 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: V_TWIN

I enjoyed that video.

I did.


11 posted on 08/15/2026 7:07:12 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (TDS: Trump Deification Syndrome)
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To: V_TWIN

I could be wrong, but I think it means not “fully federally supported.” Historically black colleges and universities required federal assistance back in the day as states didn’t support them much.

Fully state-supported most likely means no federal backing and relying on the state to ensure it survives. Times were a bit different back then concerning civil rights.

I’m not a fan of homogenized race academics (especially from the mid-70s to present), but what were they supposed to do back when they weren’t allowed at some state universities due to their race? That Virginia was willing to support that school without federal assistance says a lot about the healing of race relations in the former capital state of the Old South. It bears distinction, in my humble opinion.

To be fair to your point, most of today’s colleges and universities are built on a federal and state welfare system. Tax dollars are simply thrown into the fire of academia with little to no return on investment.


12 posted on 08/15/2026 7:08:35 AM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. )
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To: mewzilla

Note this from the UK...

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/virginia-state-university-shooting-vsu-suspects-b3033606.html

Note the mention of the “historically black university” and the possible inferences we are to make from that.

This from the same UK enemedia that hides migrant crime stats, including ethnicities/races.


13 posted on 08/15/2026 7:10:17 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: Nathan _in_Arkansas

Yeah I don’t know what it means, which is why I said sounds like.

Being an HBCU in Virginia who knows what money is coming and going to who and where.


14 posted on 08/15/2026 7:12:57 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Every time I watch that video I crack up.

The original version was a rap group calling themselves “NWA”....shouldn’t take much imagination to figure out what that acronym stands for.

Gotta be as uncouth as possible in every circumstance. SMH


15 posted on 08/15/2026 7:16:56 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: Ozymandias Ghost

They never got over Grant’s siege.


16 posted on 08/15/2026 7:19:20 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Multiple suspects…likely then, just targeted gang violence or general thuggery over being “dissed”.

Not likely any kind of classic true “mass murder”.


17 posted on 08/15/2026 7:20:58 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: V_TWIN

Amish Paradise is always a good watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg


18 posted on 08/15/2026 7:23:46 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (TDS: Trump Deification Syndrome)
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To: V_TWIN

No more than the University of Virginia. I respect HBCUs. They generally do a good job of educating black Americans. It’s a good use of taxpayer dollars.


19 posted on 08/15/2026 7:25:01 AM PDT by maro (MAGA!)
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To: V_TWIN

Loved the ‘Roller’ up on cinder blocks in front of the the mansion.

Classic.


20 posted on 08/15/2026 7:30:16 AM PDT by BBB333
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